Weekend will return onSeptember 22-24. Ourrelationship with Bas-ketball Alberta hasturned the corner andboth sides are working hard to make it evenbetter.On the last note,FIBA rules are going tobe a reality so be pre-pared to learn a newset of rules by2007/08.Have a greatsummer.Welcome to firstedition of the ABOAnewsletter on the web. Iwould like to congratu-late all the Alberta offi-cials that received ap-pointments this year,whether they were pro-vincial, national or in-ternational. You haveshown that Alberta offi-cials are among thebest. Basketball hasbecome an all yearevent and thereforethere are summer tour-naments available forofficials. Your local as-signor will have knowl-edge of these tourna-ments.In September ,in conjunction with Bas-ketball Alberta , Super-

President’s MessagePresident’s MessagePresident’s MessagePresident’s Message

FIBA RulesFIBA RulesFIBA RulesFIBA Rules

Alberta SchoolsAthletic Associationvoted overwhelminglyat its AGM in May tochange to FIBA rules forthe 2007-08 season.ACAC and CISWomen intend tochange to FIBA this fallsubject ratification of motions at meetingslater this summer.ABOA is encouraging allother leagues(recreation or commu-nity) to remain withtheir current NCAA rulesuntil the fall of 2007.For more infor-mation on FIBA rulesand mechanics manualgo to the FIBA websiteat

http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/aboutfiba/downloads/regulations.asp

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

KANDEEO’LEARY NEW SECRETARY

CABO NEWS

SUMMERTOURNAMENTS

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AGM ANDCABINET

ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES

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ABOA Treasuer PaulRocca says

“All ACACPlayoff cheques andASAA ProvincialCheques have beenmailed out in in EarlyMay. If you have yet toreceive you r chequeplease contact ABOATreasurer Paul Rocca at

paul.rocca@scotiabank.com.”

On May 13 President Dick Vander-stam announced the appointment of Kandee O’Leary of EBOA to the posi-tion of ABOA Secretary.Kandee began officiating 18 yearsago as a member of the North CentralBoard. Since joining the EdmontonBasketball Officials Association in1990, she has participated in 4 provin-cials culminating in this past year at4A boys’ tournament. For the past 5years, she have been on the ACACWoman’s List.Kandee replaces Stan Krawiecof CABOA who has been the Secre-tary for the past two years and whoresigned at the AGM due to familycommitments.Kandee’s duties will also includethe updating of the Association’sBylaws and PoliciesShootout in Edmon-ton June 30 - July 3in Edmonton.2. Alberta SummerGames in Red DeerJuly 27 - 30.3. Basketball AlbertaPre-Nationals Tour-

ABOA EvaluationChairman Jake Stein-brenner recently an-nounced several oppor-tunities for officials togain valuable experi-ence at a high level of competition.1. Great Canadiannament in CalgaryJuly 14 - 16.In addition to thesethere will also be ASGZone Qualifying Tourna-ments which will be as-signed locally.For more detailed

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mation contact KevinHamel atkhamel@shaw.ca.The second scholar-ship is the Ritchie NicurityScholarship. Six $500student scholarships areawarded annually in anopen cross-Canada com-petition. More info and anapplication form is avail-able on the CABO siteunder the CBOA Wall Of Fame page.Issue 2 of CABO’sPost PlayPost PlayPost PlayPost Play newsletter isnow available on theCABO site:http://www.cabocanada.org/

ABOA SupervisorKevin Hamel announcedat the AGM that twoscholarships are availableto assist officials in thecost of attending basket-ball officiating camps.The first scholarship if the $500 CABO scholar-ship open to any ABOAofficial. For more infor-

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“twoscholarships areavailable toassist officials inthe cost ofattendingbasketballofficiatingcamps”

information on these sum-mer tournaments, pleasecheck the ABOA websiteathttp://www.refalberta.ca/.

ABOA:ABOA:ABOA:ABOA: Alberta Basketball Officials Associa-tionACAC:ACAC:ACAC:ACAC: Albert Colleges Athletic ConferenceASAA:ASAA:ASAA:ASAA: Alberta Schools Athletic AssociationBA:BA:BA:BA: Basketball AlbertaCB:CB:CB:CB: Canada BasketballCISCISCISCIS: Canadian Interuniversity SportCWUAACWUAACWUAACWUAA: Canada West Universities AthleticAssociationBRBOA:BRBOA:BRBOA:BRBOA: Battle River Basketball Officials Asso-ciation (Camrose area)BBOA:BBOA:BBOA:BBOA: Brooks Basketball Officials Associa-tionCABO:CABO:CABO:CABO: Canadian Association of BasketballOfficialsCABOA:CABOA:CABOA:CABOA: Central Alberta Basketball OfficialsAssociation (Red Deer Area)CBOA:CBOA:CBOA:CBOA: Calgary Basketball Officials Associa-tionDVBOA:DVBOA:DVBOA:DVBOA: Drayton Valley Basketball OfficialsAssociationEBOA:EBOA:EBOA:EBOA: Edmonton Basketball Officials Asso-ciationFIBA:FIBA:FIBA:FIBA: International Basketball FederationFMBOA:FMBOA:FMBOA:FMBOA: Ft. McMurray Basketball Officials Asso-ciationGPBOA:GPBOA:GPBOA:GPBOA: Grande Prairie Basketball Officials As-sociationLABO:LABO:LABO:LABO: Lakeland Association of Basketball Of-ficials (North East)LBOA:LBOA:LBOA:LBOA: Lloydminster Basketball Officials Asso-ciationMHBOA:MHBOA:MHBOA:MHBOA: Medicine Hat Basketball Officials Asso-ciationIAABO:IAABO:IAABO:IAABO: International Association of ApprovedBasketball OfficialsMVBOA:MVBOA:MVBOA:MVBOA: Mountain View Basketball Officials As-sociation (Olds area)NWBOA:NWBOA:NWBOA:NWBOA: North West Basketball Officials Asso-ciationPBOA:PBOA:PBOA:PBOA: Peace Basketball Officials AssociationSABOA:SABOA:SABOA:SABOA: Southern Alberta Basketball OfficialsAssociation (Lethbridge area)THBOA:THBOA:THBOA:THBOA: Three Hills Basketball Officials Associa-tionVBOA:VBOA:VBOA:VBOA: Vegreville Basketball Officials Associa-tion

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Like any organization, we use a lot of acronyms and sometimes weforget that not everyone knows what we are talking about. Hereare some of the acronyms we use: